Kyrgyzstan at the AFC Asian Cup

Kyrgyzstan, since independence from the Soviet Union, has struggled to qualify for the AFC Asian Cup. Not considering to be a top team, Kyrgyzstan was regarded as a weaker team, prior to the 2010s.

However, since the 2010s, with the subsequent managerial developments, especially from German and Russian managers, Kyrgyzstan has changed rapidly, and has emerged to become one of the better teams in the continent. Eventually, Kyrgyzstan registered history, by qualifying to their first ever Asian Cup, in 2019.^[1] This successful achievement of Kyrgyzstan was deemed to have a positive impact to the nation, which is mostly known for wrestling and traditional archery.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	Philippines	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3^[a]
3	F	Oman	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3^[a]
4	D	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3^[b]
5	E	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3^[b]
6	B	Palestine	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Thailand	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Oman	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

AFC Asian Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956 to 1992	Part of Soviet Union								Part of Soviet Union
1996	Did not qualify								4	1	0	3	3	7
2000									3	0	0	3	3	11
2004									2	1	0	1	3	2
2007	Did not enter								Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify								2010 AFC Challenge Cup was used to determine qualification
2015	Did not qualify								2012 and 2014 AFC Challenge Cup were used to determine qualification
2019	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	6	7	14	8	3	3	26	17
2023	Group stage	20th	3	0	1	2	1	5	11	5	2	4	23	13
2027	Qualified								6	3	2	1	13	7
Total	3/19	Best: 15th	7	1	1	5	7	12	40	18	7	15	81	57

v t e Countries at the AFC Asian Cup
Team appearances
AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Former	Israel² South Yemen³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). ² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. ³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.

Kyrgyzstan at the AFC Asian Cup

Group C

Knockout stage

Round of 16

2023 AFC Asian Cup

Group F

Asian Cup performance

References

Head-to-head record

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v t e Kyrgyzstan national football team
General	Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic History Head Coaches
Venues	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Kyrgyzstan National Stadium (under construction)
Statistics	Results 2020–present
Asian Cup Finals	2019 2023 2027
Other tournaments	Asian Games
Other teams	Olympic U-20 U-17 Women's team Futsal Beach soccer

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
China	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Oman	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Philippines	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Thailand	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total	7	1	1	5	7	12	−5	014.29